OK! Show me someone in the Bible where "pleasures" turned into poverty...

Luke 15.13-16 "A
few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and moved to a
distant land, and there he wasted all his money in wild living. 14 About the time his money ran out, a great famine swept over the land, and he began to starve. 15 He persuaded a local farmer to hire him, and the man sent him into his fields to feed the pigs. 16 The young man became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him. But no one gave him anything."

What "pleasures" do we love more than GOD?

spending all you earn

eating

watching television

sports

gambling

Anything that we "love" to be involved with that cuts GOD out of the schedule...

There is a right kind of pleasures...

Psalms 16.11

"Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore."

This is more like it!

Remember, it is the "love" of pleasures, just like the "love of money" that is the issue we need to address. GOD is not against us having fun - just make sure He is first in our lives - then go for it!

See you tomorrow...

In the meantime:

Have you called or emailed someone to invite them to join us in our daily study in Proverbs...it would be great if you did that today! Thanks.